India are due to play New Zealand followed by England in Anil Kumble’s first series at home. (Source: Facebook)

India will play hosts to England in a five match Test series that will begin on November 9. The five match series will be followed by three ODI’s and three T20 matches with the tour drawing to a close in early February.

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This series will be played immediately after New Zealand’s tour of India which starts in September and has the Men in Blue playing three Tests and five ODI’s.

Rajkot will play host to the first Test from November 9 followed by Vishakhapatnam (November 17), Mohali (November 26), Mumbai (December 8) and Chennai (December 16).

In between there is a gap of one month with the ODI’s starting from January 15 in Pune. The next two ODI’s will be played in Cuttack (January 19) and Kolkata (January 22).

For the T20’s, Kanpur (January 26), Nagpur (January 29) and Bengaluru (February 1) will be the venues.